Month: February 2024
Pentagon strike Iran proxies
The Pentagon said it had targeted both Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (irgc) and its proxy militias. Over the past two decades Iran has built an “axis of resistance” a network of armed forces and affiliates across the region that have become a huge menace. There are reports of casualties, although numbers remain fuzzy. America
Duda comments on Regaining Cremea
Poland has been a staunch ally of Ukraine since the start of the war, pledging aid and equipment for Kyiv’s goals against Russian aggression; these include recapturing all of the peninsula Vladimir Putin illegally seized in 2014. In an interview with YouTube Channel Zero, Duda said he believed that Kyiv can regain the Ukrainian regions
Imran Khan and wife jailed
Under Muslim family law, women are prohibited from remarrying for a few months after their husband dies or they are divorced. The court found that Bibi had remarried before the completion of the stipulated time following her divorce. APakistani court has jailed Imran Khan and his wife for seven years after voiding their marriage, in
The rise in dollar index on black market
Globally the U.S. dollar index jumped to a seven-week high in a broad rally on Friday after data showed that employers added far more jobs in January than expected, reducing the chances of near-term Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.The U.S. dollar rose against the Vietnamese dong on the black market Saturday morning. The dollar index
Tesla Reaclls SUVS due to brake warnings
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said there had been thousands of complaints about a loss of steering control, involving 2023 Model 3 sedans and Y SUVs, and one accident tied to the issue. US safety officials say they have uncovered another problem in cars made by Elon Musk’s Tesla: brake warning lights that
Google Unveils Gemini Pro, Latest update
last December, the tech giant brought Gemini Pro into Bard in English, giving Bard more advanced understanding, reasoning, summarizing and coding abilities. Now Gemini Pro in Bard is available in over 40 languages and more than 230 countries and territories, so more people can collaborate with the fastest and most capable version of Bard yet.Since
Elon Musk $56 billion compensation annulled
The pay deal was the biggest ever in US corporate history, helping to make Mr Musk the richest person in the world. Following years of legal argument, a week-long trial commenced in November 2022 where Tesla directors argued the huge pay award was designed to ensure that Mr Musk, one of the world’s most dynamic
The return bodies of military plane crash prisoners of war victims
Russia has refused Ukrainian requests to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war whom the Kremlin claims were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane by Kyiv’s forces. Russia accused Ukraine of killing its own men, while Kyiv dismisses Moscow’s assertions as “rampant Russian propaganda.” Kyiv has neither confirmed
Chinese billionaire banker Bao Fan resigns
Mr Bao’s unexplained disappearance in February last year shocked China’s business and investing community. Just days later, China Renaissance said he was cooperating with authorities who were conducting an investigation. In its latest filing, the company said its co-founder, Xie Yi Jing, will assume Mr Bao’s duties. In late 2020, Alibaba founder Jack Ma also
Ukraine lawsuit against Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to discuss the progress of his invasion of Ukraine with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during his upcoming visit to Turkey. Peskov declined to say when exactly Putin would make the visit, but a Turkish official told Reuters this week that it would take place on February 12. The